What does mainmastman mean?
Mainmastman means A sailor assigned to the mainmast.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A sailor assigned to the mainmast.
[…] the mainmastmen unhook the tackles when the barrels are landed.
Now there was a veteran aboard who because his years began to disqualify him for more active work had been recently assigned duty as mainmastman in his watch, looking to the gear belayed at the rail roundabout that great spar near the deck.
Twenty-two years ago David Harrington was mainmastman on the Saint Ann out of Gloucester, Mass., a 62-foot Desco wood shrimp boat rigged for purse seining and built in 1954 for Capt. Leo Favalora.
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Mainmastman means A sailor assigned to the mainmast.
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[…] the mainmastmen unhook the tackles when the barrels are landed.
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